Tag: Live Ammunition
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Israeli army shoots at children and two ISM activists
Silvia Todeschini 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Witnesses in Gaza today reported an escalation of Israeli aggression in the Khuza’a – Abasan, governate of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The Israeli army also shot at two ISM activists and local children. Israeli tanks entered Gaza this morning, from approximately 7.30 to 8.30, moving…
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Settlers and Israeli military team up to intimidate Kufr Qaddoum
6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 5th and 6th of September, settlers from the illegal settlement of Qadumim entered Kufr Qaddum in an act of blatant provocation. The settlers were encouraged to leave by a spontaneous demonstration from the villagers who left their houses and rallied in the centre of…
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Retired professor on epic voyage to honor USS Liberty dead
7 September 2011 | Arab News GAZA: A retired college professor from the US state of Texas who has sailed approximately 8,000 miles to the eastern Mediterranean in an epic voyage, is heading toward his destination — the exact location where Israeli forces tried to sink a US Navy ship in 1967, killing or injuring…
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Statement for USS Liberty memorial service
7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza This statement was submitted for tonight’s memorial service off the coast of the Gaza Strip. We join Larry Toenjes, Joe and Sherrie Wagner, Rusty Glenn, and all supporters of the s/v Liberty in remembering the deaths of 34 USS Liberty servicemen killed by the State of Israel…
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Palestinians farming creatively to overcome the ‘buffer zone’
21 August 2011 | Islam Online, Hama Waqum On Nakba Day in May, thousands of Palestinians edged towards Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Gaza, demanding their Right of Return, and an end to the Israeli occupation. Many of these protestors would return to demonstrate on the Naksa Day in June. A major…